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Asahel

Mentioned 1751–1014 BC traditional (Jones)

Made by God, the youngest son of Zeruiah, David’s sister. He was celebrated for his swiftness of foot.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Mother
Zeruiah
Child
Zebadiah
Siblings
Abishai, Joab
Died at
Gibeon
Tagged in
14 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Asahel, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Bethlehem3
  2. likely location: Hebron2
  3. likely location: Gibeon1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1935–830 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

14 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 2 Samuel11
  2. 1 Chronicles3

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBAsahel 19
KJVAsahel 18
ASVAsahel 18

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Every verse

All 14 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Samuel11 verses
  1. 2:18

    The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,

  2. 2:19

    and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.

  3. 2:20

    And Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied.

  4. 2:21

    So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

  5. 2:22

    Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”

  6. 2:23

    But Asahel refused to turn away. So Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.

  7. 2:30

    When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,

  8. 2:32

    And they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

  9. 3:27

    When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

  10. 3:30

    (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

  11. 23:24

    Now these were members of the Thirty: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

1 Chronicles3 verses
  1. 2:16

    Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

  2. 11:26

    Now these were the mighty men: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

  3. 27:7

    The fourth, for the fourth month, was Joab’s brother Asahel, and his son Zebadiah was commander after him. There were 24,000 men in his division.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

Made by God, the youngest son of Zeruiah, David’s sister. He was celebrated for his swiftness of foot. When fighting against Ish-bosheth at Gibeon, in the army of his brother Joab, he was put to death by Abner, whom he pursued from the field of battle (2 Sam. 2:18, 19). He is mentioned among David’s thirty mighty men (2 Sam. 23:24; 1 Chr. 11:26). Others of the same name are mentioned (2 Chr. 17:8; 31:13; Ezra 10:15).